Stutzberg

Bazora and right the parcel Stutzberg. In the background the Samina valley and dominating behind it the Three Sisters . Photo taken in 1966, the area is even more wooded today.

The alluvial forest near Frastanz, the municipality of Frastanz and behind it Stutz, Stutzberg, Bazora and the Gurtisspitze. On the right the Samina valley and the three sisters. Photo taken around 1907

Stutzberg is a parcel which lies between the Rotte Stutz and Bazora in the market town of Frastanz in Vorarlberg ( Austria ) at about 970  m above sea level. A. lies. The area is known for its biodiversity of animals and plants, especially mushrooms.

Surname

Stutzberg is a compound name, the term only occurs in this combination in Frastanz in Vorarlberg, although the name Stutz occurs in various combinations in Vorarlberg (Stutzalp, Stutzboda, Stutzbühl, Stutzhalde, Stutzwald etc.). Stutz is understood to mean something abbreviated (see for example: Stutzen (weapon) ). Stutzberg is therefore to be understood in the sense of "small mountain".

protection

The flora on the Stutzberg was protected for the first time through the ordinance on the protection of wild plants in the area of ​​the Bazora. Today flora and fauna are protected by the Vorarlberg Nature Conservation Ordinance. In addition, the poor meadow landscape between Frastafeders (Frastanz) and Bazora, including Stutz and Stutzberg, has been included in the Vorarlberg biotope inventory. The Walgau biotope map shows that a unique mosaic of wet and dry meadows spreads out on the slopes above Frastanz and Nenzing.

topography

The name Stutzberg probably originally referred to another place below the Gurtisspitze ( 1778  m above sea level ) and was reduced to a smaller area through the use of the term Bazora as a nickname. The subsoil between Bazora and Stutz consists of moraine material . There are several small iron springs here. The iron hydroxide appears as a colorful, shimmering film over standing water or is visible as "rust spots" ( yellowing ) on the ground. The iron content comes from the clayey and clayey moraine material from the Silvretta.

Flora and fauna

The Stutzberg, together with the Stutz and Bazora, formed a large, coherent, rough meadow landscape. Over the past 70 years, however, a large number of the meadows have disappeared and are now forested. Today there is a change between wooded meadows, reeds and forest stands.

On the basis of studies it could be determined that in the Stutz, Stutzberg and Bazora area

• 481 different vascular plants (flowers, shrubs, trees), including z. B. the Europe-wide protected gloss stendel and the swamp gladiolus . The German Ziest was also rediscovered for Vorarlberg ,
• 737 species of mushrooms , of which 156 are edible, such as B. 25 different juices , the violet - milk cup and the endangered silver boletus ,
• 56 snails such as B. the four-toothed diaper snail ,
• 235 spiders and 19 harvestmen . two orb spider species related to the false widow have been identified. The occurrence of a wolf spider was a new find for Vorarlberg,
• 6 dragonflies , such as B. the striped spring maiden ,
• 21 grasshoppers , such as B. the multi-bellied grasshopper or the hardwood saber-hedge ,
• 136 bugs ,
• 60 ground beetles ,
• 34 different ants ,
• 103 wild bees and thus almost 30% of Vorarlberg's wild bee fauna. Example: Knautien sand bee , the great scissor bee or the shimmering mason bee ,
• 730 butterflies ,
• 57 bird species ,
• 8 representatives of the amphibian and reptile fauna,

are located.

Sports

A ski run leads over the Bazora into the valley to Frastanz. By keeping the ski run open, a continuous green band to Frastanz was preserved, while otherwise the area was heavily forested or reforested.

literature

Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , Dornbirn 2017, Bucher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-99018-408-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pierer's Universal Lexikon, 4th edition, 1857–1865, search term: Stutz , website: zeno.org.
2. ↑ LGBl. No. 25/1962, expired in 1998 when the Vorarlberg Nature Conservation Ordinance came into force.
3. ↑ LGBl. No. 8/1998.
4. ↑ Günter Stadler: Nature in the shade - special features and biodiversity - in a nutshell in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 23.
5. ↑ Thomas Welte: Bazora im Wandel in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 37.
6. ↑ Gerhard Wanner: Stones tell. Geology between Gamp and Saminatal in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 99.
7. ↑ Andreas Beiser: The natural space at a glance in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , pp. 80 f., 82 ff.
8. ↑ Andreas Beiser: The natural space at a glance in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 86.
9. ↑ Henning Heilmann: Unique natural diversity on the Stutzberg , vol.at from June 26, 2017.
10. ↑ Günter Stadler: Nature in the shade - special features and biodiversity - in a nutshell in Inatura (ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 32.
11. ↑ Günter Stadler: About the becoming of this monograph in Inatura (Ed.): Nature in the shade. Stutz - Stutzberg - Bazora. Die Wunderwelt ob Frastanz , p. 25.

Coordinates: 47 ° 11 ′ 57.5 ″  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 24.3 ″  E